Thursday, October 6, 2016

Trick or Treat - Take your child out to play

Today’s
word to draw a card with is "Wind" and the card I got is “Trick or treat” from
the Halloween Oracle. When is saw the two kids in this card, I had to laugh
because when you combine them with storm and wind, lots of things could happen: the cloak of our
little ghost could fly away, the candles could be blown out etc. but does it
prevent the kids from having their Trick or Treat? No, I suppose not but I am sure many moms
would rather have them watch TV that night than let them go out on their own. Who knows what might happen, and
whom they may encounter…Some moms will scurry a few meters behind them to be
sure nothing bad will happen. It is so very hard to let our children go and let them do their own
thing, leaving room for failure and mistakes and even accidents. Most of us were
raised this way too and because of this, our inner child is still afraid to
play and make a mess and wants to check under the bed and in the closet for the
boogieman (not that we let her of course).Being kept too tightly under the
parental wing can be suffocating and when we do get out, our need to play can
be hard to discover and not to mention to embrace. Our child needs to be guided and persuaded to experiment and to do things just for the fun of it. It is a long process but
believe me it is so worth it to take your child by the hand an lead it trough
the world of wind and wonder. Let the wind mess up your hair, your dress and
your perfectly crafted Jack-O-lantern and laugh about it and don’t let it spoil your fun. Life isn’t
perfect but joy is!

Prudence and discernment vs. paranoia and delusion. It can be hard to move from the latter to the former when you've been trained that way.Few kids trick-or-treat here anymore due to several home invasions (now people don't open their doors anymore). Now the churches do a "trunk or treat" where the kids go from car to car in their costumes and get treats.